Linux gaining acceptance in Canberra

[Ben Elliston]

>>>>> "James" == James McNeill <james=G03ljsnm8W4pAS55Wn97og at public.gmane.org> writes:

  James> What we really need is to form a new group to *coherently*
  James> advocate open-source software in government/education
  James> etc. The government is used to having corporations walk up to
  James> them with large scale proposals and high-flying
  James> contracts. Nobody has the funding to push open-source, and
  James> all the gov't sees is a bunch of hobbyists playing with code.

What about an organisation like AUUG doing the pushing?  That might
have some more credibility, if that is what's required?

Ben